01 June 2010

» Brian Townsend wins $140,000 at Full Tilt Poker

You know you've been reading about the nosebleed cash games at Full Tilt too often when you recognise that $140,000 isn't a vast sum of money. Brian Townsend won't be complaining, though - if anything he'll be happy to have had a rare winning day this year.

28 May 2010

» ECoOP still guarantees over $3.5m

Despite the fact that the sixth European Championship of Online Poker on the iPoker network has already played out three events, the remaining prize pool still has a guarantee of a whopping $3,605,000 over ten events – one a day from now until June 6.

27 May 2010

» Boku87 completes $5 to $100,000 challenge at PokerStars

Remember last year when Boku87 crashed the Two Plus Two forums? He was undertaking what many thought to be an impossible quest, attempting to turn $10 into $10,000 in a fortnight. He did.

26 May 2010

» Cole South loses $250k

The Boomtown Rats famously didn't like Mondays and it's fair to say that Cole South felt the same way on Tuesday morning after dropping the best part of $250k earlier this week.

25 May 2010

» Patrik Antonius wins $70,000 in the 7-game at Full Tilt

We can only assume that the reason the high stakes games on Full Tilt have dried up recently is the imminent World Series of Poker and the inevitable cash games in Bobby’s Room – and Ivey’s room too, this year. Remember in 2009 when Tom Dwan blogged about playing $2k/$4k PLO with a million dollar buy-in?

24 May 2010

» Quiet weekend sees Urindanger win $150,000

Not much happened in the high stakes games on Full Tilt Poker this weekend, a lull of inactivity that law Di “Urindanger” Dang shoot to the top of the leaderboard after winning $150,000.

21 May 2010

» Harrington25 runs like God to win $200,000

It was a fairly quiet day at the high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker yesterday with little-heard-of Jared “harrington25” Bleznick playing thecranium heads-up at $200/$400 CAP PLO.

20 May 2010

» Cole South and Brian Townsend dominate Full Tilt

It was a good day for CardRunners instructors and former CardRunners instructors as Cole South and Brian Townsend both finished at the top of the table after a fairly quiet day at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed games.

19 May 2010

» Brian Hastings wins $350,000 from Ziigmund

The nosebleed games at Full Tilt Poker were conspicuous by their absence over the weekend, with the only notable match being Isaac Haxton winning a little over $100,000 after a heads-up $100/$200 session.

18 May 2010

» ToetagU wins SCOOP Main Event

The latest incarnation of PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is in the book with close to 131,000 players appearing in 134 events creating a whopping prize pool of almost $64m.